Sharecroppers worked on farms and they were provided the farm by a man. The man would take 1/2 the crops and they must sell the other 1/2 to pay rent and other needs. Yeah paying rent even though they give 1/2 the crops. Awfull isnt it? Just like slavery your stuck in an endless work cycle.
Jan 02, 1492 is when the Spaniards won their first battle in the war of the reconquest.
Most of the slave trade happened in the south because it's where all the plantations were